Talk:Panzer Leader (game)

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Ok... so I threw up a Panzer Leader article. I really don't know much about the game, I've got a copy but never played. Any information anyone could add would be great! User:BoboDaHobo.

No problem with that. But please search Wikipedia first before adding a new article. We had to untangle Panzer Leader (game) from Panzer Leader (book). The book is quite famous. --John Nagle 19:17, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Whoops! Sorry about that! I'll be more careful in the future. --BoboDaHobo 04:31, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

Is this article still NPOV? --BoboDaHobo 18:44, 10 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Hmm. Possibly not. Good point. However, I'm trying to encourage someone a bit more involved in the subject to start writing by providing a 'seed' off of something I came across. Probably should be moved here (talk) until it can be surrounded by an article to balance it (where someone just browsing wouldn't see it and be inspired...). Of course, it is generally true. Panzerblitz made a big impression way back when. It was what everything else on the subject got compared to, and many people from the '70s cite as 'how I got into wargames'. AH did a west front version (Panzer Leader) to capitalize on that, and I'm trying to point out the pre-existing pressure for the game. So... I'll let someone else judge. :) --Rindis 20:13, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I was a war gamer back in those days and I agree with the point BodoDaHobo raised. Panzer Leader was a highly anticipated sequel, etc. 66.183.99.35 (talk) 20:36, 15 September 2008 (UTC)Richard W. Smith, 2008, Sept 15.

I too was a wargamer back in those days. I can add more info to the web page, but I would like to do it after my current class ends as I am very time challenged lately. I have Panzerblitz and Panzerleader, and the 1940 expansion set as well. The expansion set was meant for Panzerleader. I didn't know that a book existed, but I do know that Panzerleader was a West Front sequel to Panzerblitz, yet it is also a stand alone game. Also, Panzerbitz was originally designed by the good people at SPI and Strategy & Tactics. Those people put out a game called CCA, a WWII western front game (France 1944). CCA was a reference to the U.S. Army's Armor division breakdown into three armor Battalions. SPI sold the East front game called Panzerblitz to Avalon Hill because SPI desperately needed money and Avalon Hill needed game designs. At the time it was understood that SPI was the better game designer. Some of the SPI games that became Avalon Hill games were Jutland, 1914, Panzerblitz and France 1940. I still have my copy of PanzerBlitz, PanzerLeader, and the 1940 expansion. My son doesn't like board games so they remain in my attic collecting dust. -Paul --User:Klendathue@gmail.com 2 November 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Klendathue (talk • contribs) 17:54, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

I am considering helping to expand the article. I have extensive experience with the game, playing more or less continuously since I bought my first copy in '77. I'm still an active player and I'm also active on the "Panzerblitz / Panzer Leader" forum on Consimworld (http://talk.consimworld.com/) Nwprogrammer (talk) 23:01, 1 February 2009 (UTC)